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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



February, 191S 



DigYourTrenches 



_The Easy Way_ 



Digging is hard anyway, but it generally 

 is made harder by heavy, clumsy tools. 

 Light forks are not very practical, because 

 they easily bend and soon give out. Exper- 

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Trench Spade 



The greatest utility spade yet invented 

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 It stands up under more pressure, goes into 

 ground easier, and is a more satisfactory 

 digging tool than any other implement we 

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The Art of Sowing Seed 



SUNLIGHT; heat; moisture; suitable 

 soil; ventilation; and sufficient room, are 

 the sum total of points to be thought 

 of in raising plants from seed. 

 Sunlight is even more necessary for small 

 plants than for those nearly grown. In poor 

 light, growth may be rapid but weak 

 and spindly, and the plants either fail to 

 survive transplanting or mature poorly. Even 

 48 hours of poor light, when the little seed- 

 lings are just coming up, may injure them 

 almost beyond repair. Be sure you can 

 provide plenty of direct sunshine — or don't 

 attempt to grow your own plants. 



A zvarm temperature — 45 degrees or so at 

 night for hardy early things like cabbage and 

 onions; 55 for tender things such as tomatoes 

 or Salvias, w r ith ten to fifteen degrees more 

 in either case during the day, is required to 

 get satisfactory development. The plants 

 will live in a considerably lower temperature, 

 but they will not develop into first class 

 plants. While the seeds are germinating the 

 temperature may be some ten degrees higher 

 with advantage. A fairly steady, even tem- 

 perature is also important; decided ups and 

 downs tend to check growth. 



Moisture is important for the air as well 

 as for the soil. The latter should be kept 

 evenly moist; never allowed to get actually 

 dry, but not watered so much as to become 

 soggy. The soil in seed flats, in flats for 

 transplanting, and even in benches or frames, 

 should have a layer of some porous material, 

 such as small cinders, sod, leaf mold screen- 

 ings, or fine manure, under it, to absorb or 

 permit to drain off any surplus water after 

 watering or rains. Apply water on bright 

 mornings, so that the surface soil and foliage 

 may dry off before night; dampness and dark 

 weather together make danger from the 

 stem rot or "damping off" disease. 



The character of the soil in which to start 

 the seeds is important. If you are starting 

 but two or three flats of seeds, the easiest and 

 quickest way will be to obtain some pre- 

 pared soil from the nearest florist. To make 

 it for yourself, get humus, or some leafmold 

 from the woods, and mix with clean light 

 garden soil, using a third to a half of the 

 latter. Leafmold should be rubbed through 

 a sieve with about a quarter inch mesh. The 

 coarse fibrous residue remaining makes ideal 

 drainage material to put in the bottom of the 

 flats or benches. The soil for transplanting, 

 after the seedlings attain the second true 

 leaf, should contain about half as much 

 humus or leafmold as that for seedlings, and 

 have a little fine bone meal mixed through it — 

 a pint or so to a bushel of soil; prepare it a 

 week or two before using. Manure used in 

 the bottom of the flats or in the frames, under 

 the soil, serves the double purpose of supply- 

 ing plant food and good drainage. 



Ventilation and space. At all stages' of 

 growth frequent ventilation and plenty of 

 room are essential to the growing of rugged 

 plants. Admit fresh air every morning to 

 room, greenhouse or hotbed, unless the 

 weather is so severe that there is danger of 

 chilling the plants. If seedlings come up 

 thickly, they must be either thinned out at 

 once, or transplanted just as soon as they are 

 big enough to get hold of. In transplanting 

 allow two to three inches each way for the 

 plants of cabbage, lettuce, cauliflower, etc.; 

 beets and kohlrabi may be put a little closer; to- 

 matoes, peppers and eggplants should be trans- 

 planted a second time, or better, put into indi- 

 vidual pots. The square ones being preferable. 





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